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Retrospective Application Of 10% EWS Quota Is Against Articles 14 & 16 Of Constitution : Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday set aside a 2019 advertisement published by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission giving retrospective application to the 10% Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation by way of merging the earlier vacancies of the year 2013 and 2015 with those arising after the implementation of the said reservation in 2019. A single bench of Justice Sanjay...
Bombay High Court Refuses To Interfere With Ex-BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta's Transfer From JJ Hospital To Taloja Jail
The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to intervene and grant relief to ex- Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dadgupta, accused in the TRP Scam, while he was being shifted from the state run JJ Hospital to the Taloja Central Prison. In an urgent plea, Dasgupta's lawyer Arjun Singh on Friday sought for him to be shifted to a private hospital owing to...
"There Is A Threat To Very Democracy If Agencies Like CBI, ED Do Not Act Independently": Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said the judiciary and agencies like the RBI, CBI and ED are considered independent and therefore should act impartially. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing a petition filed by Eknath Khadse, seeking to quash an Enforcement Directorate complaint registered against him in October last year. In the interim, Khadse's...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay 'The White Tiger' Release In Netflix
A day ahead of the scheduled release of the film 'The White Tiger' on Netflix, the Delhi High Court heard an urgent petition filed by Hollywood producer John Hart Jr seeking a stay on its streaming on grounds of alleged copyright violation.After an urgent virtual hearing which started at 7 PM, a single bench of Justice C Harishankar held that no prima facie material was shown to justify a...
The Puzzling Dismissal Of Aadhaar Review Despite Pendency Of Larger Bench Reference On Money Bill Issue
The Supreme Court, by 4:1 majority, dismissed the review petitions challenging the Aadhaar verdict.The majority order, which starts by rejecting the prayer for open Court/personal hearing of Review Petition(s), is very brief and non-speaking. It only 'hastens' to add that change in the law or subsequent decision/judgment of a coordinate or larger Bench by itself cannot be regarded as a ground for review. The 'subsequent decision/judgment of a coordinate or larger Bench' is an indirect reference...
"Whether A Lawyer Has Any Privilege Against Coercive Action By Police When He is In Prescribed Robes? Allahabad HC To Examine In Etah Case
"Whether the Advocates Act, 1961 extends any privilege to an advocate for being not taken any coercive action by the police against him, if he is in prescribed robes?" High Court frames question.
"Data Collection Should Be Constitutionally Valid" - Justice Srikrishna Speaks On WhatsApp's New Policy, AarogyaSetu Etc. With Seema Chishti
Yesterday, the central government has asked Facebook-owned WhatsApp nine questions on their new proposed data policy said to affect users, as data shared over the popular messaging app is expected to be tightly integrated with Facebook. According to reports, about 8,10,000 users globally installed Signal on last week, nearly 18-fold compared with the download numbers on January 6, the...
'They Are Brilliant Minds; Why Malign Them For Their Views?' : CJI On Criticism Against Farm Laws Committee
The Chief Justice of India on Wednesday expressed unhappiness at the public criticism against the members of the committee constituted by the Supreme Court to negotiate on the farmers protests.The CJI orally remarked that "unnecessary aspersions" were cast on the committee members and they were "maligned" just because they had expressed certain views in the past on the farm laws."Aspersions...
[Breaking] TRP Scam Case : Mumbai Sessions Court Denies Bail To Ex-BARC Chief Partho Dasgupta
A sessions court is Mumbai dismissed the bail application of Partho Dasgupta, ex-CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), who was arrested in the alleged Television Rating Points (TRP) scam case on December 24, 2020. His application for bail reserved for orders, on Tuesday, after the Mumbai Police vehemently argued against granting him bail. Special Public Prosecutor...
NCLT Admits ISRO-Arm Antrix's Plea To Wind Up Devas Multimedia; Appoints Provisional Liquidator
The National Company Law Tribunal, Bengaluru, on Tuesday admitted the petition filed by Indian Space Research Organization's commercial arm Antrix Corporation Ltd to wind up Devas Multimedia under Sections 271 and 272 of the Companies Act 2013.Antrix Corporation sought the winding up of Devas Multimedia on the grounds that the Bengaluru-based company's affairs were being have been conducted in...